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it's the third largest city in all of china. it's a place where almost all of your toys come from. >> reporter: the show is an on- stage expose of working conditions in a factory in this city in china owned by a company called foxconn which manufactures electronics under contract for practically every major brand you can name including apple. >> foxconn is the biggest company you've never heard of. foxconn makes over 50% of all the electronics in the world. >> reporter: the foxconn plant in china employs more than 400,000 people. >> you've never been to the economic engines of china, these giant buildings, backed up with people. they're just staggering. it almost takes your breath away. >> reporter: daisy went to the city. foxconn wouldn't let him in so he stood outside the main gate with his translator talking to workers at shift change. >> my first two hours of my first day at that gate, i met workers who were 14 years old. i met workers who were 13 years old. i met workers who were 12. do you really think apple doesn't know?
it's the third largest city in all of china. it's a place where almost all of your toys come from. >> reporter: the show is an on- stage expose of working conditions in a factory in this city in china owned by a company called foxconn which manufactures electronics under contract for practically every major brand you can name including apple. >> foxconn is the biggest company you've never heard of. foxconn makes over 50% of all the electronics in the world. >> reporter: the...
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-china relations since the chinese seized an american reconnaisance plane in 2001. then at the press conference, secretary clinton unexpectedly announced a breakthrough. >> our embassy staff and our doctor had a chance to meet with him, and he confirms that he and his family now want to go to the united states so he can pursue his studies. >> reporter: not only that but the chinese had apparently agreed to let chen go. chen has a standing invitation to become a guest scholar at the new york university school of law. although his friend professor jerome cohen, says it will probably cost chen his hopes of changing china. >> he knows that chinese who come to the united states, however dynamic and able they are, have a very poor track record and interesting people in what's happening in the united states and china. >> reporter: two weeks ago nobody imagined a blind man would be able to escape from house arrest and capture the world's attention. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move
-china relations since the chinese seized an american reconnaisance plane in 2001. then at the press conference, secretary clinton unexpectedly announced a breakthrough. >> our embassy staff and our doctor had a chance to meet with him, and he confirms that he and his family now want to go to the united states so he can pursue his studies. >> reporter: not only that but the chinese had apparently agreed to let chen go. chen has a standing invitation to become a guest scholar at the...
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a deal to show more american movies in china. with consequences back home. >> subtitles are not the easiest thing for people to watch. so if the words aren't as important and the visuals are driving, then that helps overseas. >> reporter: but wait a minute. stop the action. cut. thanks to some new popular films plus mild weather and whatever it is that movie marketers can't bottle but worship.... >> we're 18% ahead of last year at this time. so box office has been booming right now. >> reporter: maybe nothing has changed from silent movies to talkees. >> good-bye. >> reporter: from black and white to color. make a popular movie and people like veronica will come. >> the movie is a great place to get away. go see a movie especially after a hard week of class. just come to the movie, get some popcorn even though it is overly priced but it's all right. live it up for the weekend. >> how did you know it was me. >> osgood: coming up, how great he was. ohh dear... i'm not sure exactly what happened here last night. i was out helping pe
a deal to show more american movies in china. with consequences back home. >> subtitles are not the easiest thing for people to watch. so if the words aren't as important and the visuals are driving, then that helps overseas. >> reporter: but wait a minute. stop the action. cut. thanks to some new popular films plus mild weather and whatever it is that movie marketers can't bottle but worship.... >> we're 18% ahead of last year at this time. so box office has been booming...
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india, china, brazil, ishares, small-caps, large-caps, ishares. industrials. low cost. every dollar counts. ishares. income. dividends. bonds. i like bonds. ishares. commodities. diversification. choices. my own ideas. ishares. i want to use the same stuff the big guys use. ishares. 9 out of 10 large, professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. introducing the ishares core, etfs for the heart of your portfolio. tax efficient and low cost building blocks to help you keep more of what...
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today the courses are offered in more than 80 countries from china to cameroon. it strikes me that a lot of the stories that he tells in his book are quintessentialally american stories. so how does that translate to somebody in beijing? >> a fascinating question, richard. that's something i've been really.... >> reporter: dale carnegie told you to say that. >> he did but i would have said it before. the fact is because human nature is the same all over the world, the principles that dale carnegie teaches really do work all over the world. what do we want people to do as a result of our experience? >> reporter: and as humans it feels natural to pay someone to tell us, "be nice to others. follow the golden rule. " even though parents and grandparents have been giving this advice for generations and for free. >> osgood: coming up, how steven spielberg put war horse on the screen. and later. >> what a treat. >> osgood: dark and sweet. have i got a surprise for you! a mouthwatering combination of ingredients... i know you're gonna love. [ barks ] yes, it's beneful he
today the courses are offered in more than 80 countries from china to cameroon. it strikes me that a lot of the stories that he tells in his book are quintessentialally american stories. so how does that translate to somebody in beijing? >> a fascinating question, richard. that's something i've been really.... >> reporter: dale carnegie told you to say that. >> he did but i would have said it before. the fact is because human nature is the same all over the world, the...
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china's baby industry is already growing about 20% a year with the added boost from china's mad rush to reproduce. trusted american brands dominate the market. and that's due to the loyalty of new parents like beijing mom cia dan-dan. her ten month old daughter is experiencing an all american childhood. wearing hugees. eating gerber rice cereal and learning to walk with fisher price. china's food contamination scandals really worried us so we buy foreign brands, she says. tainted chinese milk powder killed six infants back in 2008, sickening 300,000 others. so now safety is the driving force for parents seeking american products. and that's where san francisco native larry kung comes in. he realized there was a hole in the chinese marbt for american staples like stollers and educational toys. now he owns a chain of 200 baby care stores dotted around china. >> the way we look at the market is that today there are 300 to 400 cities where we can build these types of stores. over time i think anywhere between 5,000 to 8,000 stores is what we can get. >> reporter: time is on his side. the
china's baby industry is already growing about 20% a year with the added boost from china's mad rush to reproduce. trusted american brands dominate the market. and that's due to the loyalty of new parents like beijing mom cia dan-dan. her ten month old daughter is experiencing an all american childhood. wearing hugees. eating gerber rice cereal and learning to walk with fisher price. china's food contamination scandals really worried us so we buy foreign brands, she says. tainted chinese milk...
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town in havana. >> havana has a china town. >> yes we had a large china town in havana and happened to see a box that had like a metal tray on top of it and the car coal was on the top to. >> get the skin just right the pig stays in the box for about three and a half hours at a low temperature. timing is everything. >> this is the most important part. especially for us as cubans, if you don't do the skin right, you don't know what you are doing, so we take pride in making sure that the skin is done right. >> are cubans good at timing? >> not really. >> for this, yes, you have to have good timing. so let's go. >> okay? >> oh, my god. >> look at that. look at that. >> you can hear it. >> that's when you know it is well done. look at that. >> with pork this tender, you don't need much more to make a meal. >> okay. the some cuban bread, okay? >> we don't use like barbecue sauce on our sandwiches or anything like that. that is good. >> some pig. >> oh, my god. very nice. >> you can taste the flavor, of pork. >> summer barbecues to summer books, the recommendations of jennifer weiner auth
town in havana. >> havana has a china town. >> yes we had a large china town in havana and happened to see a box that had like a metal tray on top of it and the car coal was on the top to. >> get the skin just right the pig stays in the box for about three and a half hours at a low temperature. timing is everything. >> this is the most important part. especially for us as cubans, if you don't do the skin right, you don't know what you are doing, so we take pride in...
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windmills from china. electric cars from finland 79% of the 2.1 billion in stimulus grants awarded through it went to overseas companies. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. dale carnegie wrote how to win friends and influence people more than a quarter of a century ago and still influencing people to this day, and in a vision updated for the digital age, when some people think to think the golden rule is whoever has the gold makes the rules. carnegie stuck with the original about doing unto others. here is richard schlessinger of 48 hours. >> dale carnegie made a fortune by preaching that nice guys can finish first by following the golden rule. and his business is still going strong 76 years after he published his simple recipe for success, just two steps, win friends and influence people. >> what was his philosophy in a nutshell? >> that you can change people's behavior by changing your attitude toward them. >> peter handel is the latest ceo of the carnegie empire that sells those book
windmills from china. electric cars from finland 79% of the 2.1 billion in stimulus grants awarded through it went to overseas companies. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. dale carnegie wrote how to win friends and influence people more than a quarter of a century ago and still influencing people to this day, and in a vision updated for the digital age, when some people think to think the golden rule is whoever has the gold makes the rules. carnegie stuck with the original...
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windmills from china. electric cars from finland 79% of the 2.1 billion in stimulus grants awarded through it went to overseas companies. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. k, and i was trapped.omney no way out. my usualt ransport was nowhere to be found. i knew, then and there, that i needed wheels asap. thats alpha, sierra, alpha...pickle. ahem! sis here's in the military, so i can join navy federal too. he's getting a great rate - so now he can drive himself to laser tag. it's a real sport. no, its not. 4 million members. 4 million stories. navy federal credit union. osgood: toast of the town was the original name of ed sullivan's sunday night variety show here on cbs. time for a programming update from our bill geist. >> reporter: sounds like it's time for "60 minutes." but it's not. it's sunday morning. have a piece of toast. we're off to the toaster collectors convention. >> whoever thought toasters would go this far? >> a lot of people, you know, "you collect what?" >> there's be
windmills from china. electric cars from finland 79% of the 2.1 billion in stimulus grants awarded through it went to overseas companies. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. k, and i was trapped.omney no way out. my usualt ransport was nowhere to be found. i knew, then and there, that i needed wheels asap. thats alpha, sierra, alpha...pickle. ahem! sis here's in the military, so i can join navy federal too. he's getting a great rate - so now he can drive himself to laser tag....
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a student from china wrote, "i was almost freaking out." and a person from argentina reported, "sometimes i felt dead." >> i think we've become obsessive in our desire to checking facebook updates and texts and emails. >> reporter: nicholas carr who writes about technology and culture says there is a scientific reason why these devices are our favorite vices. >> people have a primitive instinct to want to gather information, to want to know everything that is going on around them. you can kind of see how that would help you survive back in cavemen and cave women days. where it becomes a problem is when we create this new world for ourselves where there's unlimited amounts of information and we stop this compulsive checking. >> reporter: if we can't stop, think how hard it will be for the generation that's never known anything else. like this toddler. a you-tube sensation. she is so used to the touch screen i-pad that a magazine leaves her mystified. how does this work? why isn't it responding? >> the trend is toward ever-more connection, ev
a student from china wrote, "i was almost freaking out." and a person from argentina reported, "sometimes i felt dead." >> i think we've become obsessive in our desire to checking facebook updates and texts and emails. >> reporter: nicholas carr who writes about technology and culture says there is a scientific reason why these devices are our favorite vices. >> people have a primitive instinct to want to gather information, to want to know everything that...
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her magazine is a bastion of beauty making her one of china's arbiters of the perfect look. for you, what color are you trying to achieve? >> my ideal is to have even white luminous and smooth skin like the egg white of a boiled egg. >> reporter: perfect beauty that is all about being only skin deep. >> it happened. osgood: coming up, just the ticket. >> it's not that bad. why is it that so many folks like los angeles traffic officer arthur simmons likes when he gives a ticket. >> reporter: this is l.a. sheriff's deputies elt onsimmons. i'll bet you don't like him already. see him there hiding in the shadows. why can't you catch real criminals you may be thinking. no wonder he has a record number of complaints. who wouldn't complain about a guy whose sole purpose in life is is to ruin your day. by the very nature of the business all l.a. county traffic cops can expect to get at least a few complaints every year. a lot of them are petty people just mad because they got a ticket. regardless they all get documented and placed in the officer's personnel file which is why captain
her magazine is a bastion of beauty making her one of china's arbiters of the perfect look. for you, what color are you trying to achieve? >> my ideal is to have even white luminous and smooth skin like the egg white of a boiled egg. >> reporter: perfect beauty that is all about being only skin deep. >> it happened. osgood: coming up, just the ticket. >> it's not that bad. why is it that so many folks like los angeles traffic officer arthur simmons likes when he gives a...
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. >> reporter: china will have to be a big part of the solution. >> china surpassed the united states in 2006, by the end of this year we'll be producing twice the greenhouse gases of the united states. >> reporter: even there, the i.p.c.c.'s raj sees glimmers of hope. >> i spend a lot of time in china. i see a distinct acceptance of the fact that they need to move to a low-carbon future. >> reporter: so the debate continues about how much the earth is warming and exactly what the effects will be. but on the three key questions, all my ex-pers are unanimous. is climate change real? >> yes. absolutely. climate change is real. we've just seen the beginning of it. >> reporter: is human activity contributing to it? >> yes. over 90% evidence that human beings are responsible. >> there is no doubt in my mind that humanity is the main cause. >> reporter: and is there anything we can do about it? >> yes. certainly. yes. we can do a lot. if we decide to get serious, we can avoid most of it. >> osgood: next, a general story. that was me... the day i learned i had to start insulin for my type 2
. >> reporter: china will have to be a big part of the solution. >> china surpassed the united states in 2006, by the end of this year we'll be producing twice the greenhouse gases of the united states. >> reporter: even there, the i.p.c.c.'s raj sees glimmers of hope. >> i spend a lot of time in china. i see a distinct acceptance of the fact that they need to move to a low-carbon future. >> reporter: so the debate continues about how much the earth is warming and...
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connecting the great pyramids of egypt to the pagodas of china and the great temples of the maya, all of them descendants of atlantis. his books set off a frenzy inspiring legend of atlantis hunters. >> if you are wondering how they could still be living under water well it is really quite simple, they are shape shifters that turn into dolphins when the mood suits them, not my theory, i saw it on an episode of flipper. >> by now you may be asking if plato's story was based on any facts at all. or was he just making stuff up? >> plato was very clever to bury it beneath the ocean so that you couldn't say that it didn't exist. >> an and so lesions of explores and film makers scour the gloation for atlantis, the idea, the hope that this magical place once existed remains irresistible. >> i am in love with an atlantean and i am not afraid to admit it. >> the story from correspondent mo rocca. now to bob schieffer in washington for a look at what is ahead on face the nation. >> virginia governor bob mcdonald and other key voices in the battleground states this morning on face the nation. >>
connecting the great pyramids of egypt to the pagodas of china and the great temples of the maya, all of them descendants of atlantis. his books set off a frenzy inspiring legend of atlantis hunters. >> if you are wondering how they could still be living under water well it is really quite simple, they are shape shifters that turn into dolphins when the mood suits them, not my theory, i saw it on an episode of flipper. >> by now you may be asking if plato's story was based on any...
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. >> reporter: this man of mckin a college writes extensively on china. he says the communist party made a bargain with the people following the brutal crushing of student protesters on teenmen square 23 years ago. >> we will leave you alone economically and you leave us alone. we'll let you make money. but these days this bargain is no longer, what shall i say, effective? >> reporter: along with rising incomes come rising expectations and discontent. there are 500 protests in china every day over pollution, the widening gap between rich and poor. then there's corruption. this artist commissioned portraits of officials convicted of corruption. he has 2,000 so far. another 1 thousand in the works all the color of chinese money. when the "new york times" reportedded the family of premiere had amassd a fortune of almost $3 billion, it was banned from the media and internet here. but when rising party star and acolyte of mao and his wife got caught in a salacious scandal of murder, money and mystery, it played out like a soap opera. he was expelled from the p
. >> reporter: this man of mckin a college writes extensively on china. he says the communist party made a bargain with the people following the brutal crushing of student protesters on teenmen square 23 years ago. >> we will leave you alone economically and you leave us alone. we'll let you make money. but these days this bargain is no longer, what shall i say, effective? >> reporter: along with rising incomes come rising expectations and discontent. there are 500 protests in...
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. ♪ >> reporter: and from china to the u.s. capitol, the group found its stage. >> i wanted to promote this art. for me that's exactly what happened. it wouldn't have happened if i was still playing in a bar or a pub or something like that. it had to be on a stage, a major stage. you know, platforms throughout world. that dream came true for me. >> reporter: patty malone is now almost 74. but for all his band's international success, he says, its soul is still here at home. its roots in ireland, as deep as they were in 1962. back then the idea was to bring the music of the land, traditional, authentic irish music, to the rest of the world. and 50 years later, the chieftains are still most famous for sounding irish. that was a concern when the chieftains started working on an album to celebrate their anniversary with musicians who did not all have ties to ireland and were hardly house hold names. one might think that for a man a little over 60 and a man a little over-over 60, looking back.... >> i like how you said that. >> repo
. ♪ >> reporter: and from china to the u.s. capitol, the group found its stage. >> i wanted to promote this art. for me that's exactly what happened. it wouldn't have happened if i was still playing in a bar or a pub or something like that. it had to be on a stage, a major stage. you know, platforms throughout world. that dream came true for me. >> reporter: patty malone is now almost 74. but for all his band's international success, he says, its soul is still here at home....
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connecting the great pyramids of egypt to the pa goad as of china. and the great temples of the maya, all of them descendents of atlantis. donnelly's book set off a frenzy inspiring legions of atlantis hunters. if you're wondering how atlantisians could still be living underwater it's quite simple, they're shape shifters who turn into dolphins when the mood suits them. not my theory. i saw it on an episode of flipper. by now you may be asking if plato's story was based on any facts at all. or was he just making stuff up? >> plato was very clever about what was buried beneath the ocean. >> reporter: legions of explorers and film makers continue to scour the globe for atlantis. the idea, the hope, that this magical place once existed remains irresistible. i'm in love with an atlantisian and i'm not afraid to admit it. >> osgood: a story from correspondent mo rocca. now to bob schieffer in washington for a look at what's ahead on "face the nation." >> schieffer: can congress get anything done in this election year? we'll talk to senators mitch mcconnell
connecting the great pyramids of egypt to the pa goad as of china. and the great temples of the maya, all of them descendents of atlantis. donnelly's book set off a frenzy inspiring legions of atlantis hunters. if you're wondering how atlantisians could still be living underwater it's quite simple, they're shape shifters who turn into dolphins when the mood suits them. not my theory. i saw it on an episode of flipper. by now you may be asking if plato's story was based on any facts at all. or...
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gathered online was delivered to apple's flagship new york store demanding better treatment for workers in china who make i-phones and ipads. just last week, a top official of the susan komen breast cancer fund resigned after an on-line uproar that forced the foundation to reverse a funding cut to planned parenthood. and a part of cbs has been watching the explosion of on- line activism. >> there's always been protests in the world. from the french revolution and beyond. but now protests happen a lot faster and big corporations and governments find that they need to react at a speed that they might not be comfortable with. >> reporter: it doesn't have to be a life-and-death issue or even about money. in the fall of 2010, san francisco bay's clothing company gap had a surprise when they floated an idea for a new logo online, replacing their decades old blue square logo with this one: customers houled. they didn't like the new one very much? >> there was a lot of passion about the changes. >> reporter: about the old one. >> there was a lot of passion' the old logo. it was clear that they wanted to
gathered online was delivered to apple's flagship new york store demanding better treatment for workers in china who make i-phones and ipads. just last week, a top official of the susan komen breast cancer fund resigned after an on-line uproar that forced the foundation to reverse a funding cut to planned parenthood. and a part of cbs has been watching the explosion of on- line activism. >> there's always been protests in the world. from the french revolution and beyond. but now protests...
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you look into the future and you begin to look at what our investments mean when we're competing with china, india, emerging powers, economic powers like brazil, we better have our infrastructure ready to go to be able to compete on a global basis. >> reporter: victor men degrees runs the federal highway administration. he has overseen more than $26 billion in spending on bridges and roads as part of president obama's stimulus effort. >> when you look at what that investment means, i know the president gets it. he understands the importance of investing in infrastructure because otherwise we can fall back behind the eight ball. >> reporter: besides fixing and building roads, the government also wants to get drivers out of their cars and on to the buses, trains, or even bikes. that's a tall order. the census bureau reports that 86% of workers commute by car. and the vast majority of us drive alone. >> the typical freeway in most parts of the country were designed for about 180,000 cars. in houston our freeways are running about 360,000, 320,000 cars every day. >> reporter: twice what they we
you look into the future and you begin to look at what our investments mean when we're competing with china, india, emerging powers, economic powers like brazil, we better have our infrastructure ready to go to be able to compete on a global basis. >> reporter: victor men degrees runs the federal highway administration. he has overseen more than $26 billion in spending on bridges and roads as part of president obama's stimulus effort. >> when you look at what that investment means,...
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. ♪ ♪ to china. begin he is world record said it's one of the most popular songs in the world. ♪ should auld... > recorded by scores of artists. ♪ in the days of auld lang syne ♪ >> what does this song mean? my whole life i don't know what this song means. >> reporter: when harry kissed sally, it was to strains of auld lang syne in the 1989 film. >> will old aquantityance be forgotten? that's about all i remember of the lyrics. i'm sorry. >> reporter: but it may be one of those songs best sung.... >> ♪ may old... > in the safety of large groups. >> i don't know. laughing) >> may old acquaintance be forgot? >> that's about it. that's about all we remember. ♪ for auld lang syne > but the message comes through loud and clear. ♪ for auld lang syne >> everybody has that sort of reaction, remembering of being with people, your family, your friends. >> it makes me think of people being together, having a good time and just all those differences that we think about any other time of the year just
. ♪ ♪ to china. begin he is world record said it's one of the most popular songs in the world. ♪ should auld... > recorded by scores of artists. ♪ in the days of auld lang syne ♪ >> what does this song mean? my whole life i don't know what this song means. >> reporter: when harry kissed sally, it was to strains of auld lang syne in the 1989 film. >> will old aquantityance be forgotten? that's about all i remember of the lyrics. i'm sorry. >> reporter: but it...
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. >> reporter: in 1998 sean and terry met coach chow, a former gymnast from china who came to iowa to study english. >> did you notice a certain spark or something pretty early? >> no, i don't notice any spark. as any coach tells you at six years old she'll be a olympian, that's a cliche. that's not the truth. >> reporter: how hard is it to do what sean johnson does? >> gymnastics isn't something that you can just learn. >> reporter: but this correspondent could try. >> nice. that was good. nice. >> reporter: sean took it to it naturally. talent plus a fierce will propelled her. by 2008 johnson was the reigning world champion when she arrived in beijing. far from home and yet.... >> i was on the beam in the beijing olympics. the farthest point in the arena away from my parents on the other end. i could hear distinctively my mom and dad screaming for me. >> reporter: she was expected to win gold in the individual all around competition. but going into her final event she was a distant 8th. >> i figured it out about 10 seconds before i started my floor routine that my chances of gold we
. >> reporter: in 1998 sean and terry met coach chow, a former gymnast from china who came to iowa to study english. >> did you notice a certain spark or something pretty early? >> no, i don't notice any spark. as any coach tells you at six years old she'll be a olympian, that's a cliche. that's not the truth. >> reporter: how hard is it to do what sean johnson does? >> gymnastics isn't something that you can just learn. >> reporter: but this correspondent...
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these sailors are saying, hey, this is not china. this is a whole different thing >> that's right. that's right. so with each voyage in a sense he disproved his hypothesis but didn't want to realize it. so in a certain way there's a certain kind of jihaddic tragic heroism about his misguided any. we now look at it with the benefit of hien hindsight as thw world. he would have been astounded at his posthumous reputation. it would have made no sense to him >> reporter: columbus was a brilliant navigator who sailed across the atlantic in five weeks. fast even by today's standards. with almost no loss of life on board. he would introduce europe to the potato, the pineapple, the tomato, and a very bad habit. >> he saw indians walking by with burning weeds in their mouths. well that was tobacco. >> reporter: but that's not why he got his own national holiday. that happened when a u.s. president discovered the italian-american vote. >> columbus day started in 1937 as recently as that by president roosevelt. largely as a political move for a federal holiday. he wanted to incorporate the it
these sailors are saying, hey, this is not china. this is a whole different thing >> that's right. that's right. so with each voyage in a sense he disproved his hypothesis but didn't want to realize it. so in a certain way there's a certain kind of jihaddic tragic heroism about his misguided any. we now look at it with the benefit of hien hindsight as thw world. he would have been astounded at his posthumous reputation. it would have made no sense to him >> reporter: columbus was a...
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china, a blind activist who exposed the government's abortion policies is thought to be under the protection of u.s. authorities at the american embassy. chin quang chung escaped from his guarded home a week ago. it's a diplomatic dilemma for washington unfolding just before secretary of state hillary clinton visits beijing. >> high winds blew over a beer tent. one person was killed and five others critically injured. at the white house correspondents dinner in washington last night, late night host jimmy kimmel provided much of the humor, but president obama offered his own, on subjects like the secret service scandal and his likely opponent, mitt romney. president obama: we also both have degrees from harvard. i have one, he has two. what a snob. >> in fact, i had a lot more material prepared, but i have to get the secret service home in time for their new curfew. >> charles: today's forecast isn't funny. cool in the east and warm in the west. in between, braces for heavy weather, that could include tornado. >> today's weather will give way to storms, and warm-ups across most of the countr
china, a blind activist who exposed the government's abortion policies is thought to be under the protection of u.s. authorities at the american embassy. chin quang chung escaped from his guarded home a week ago. it's a diplomatic dilemma for washington unfolding just before secretary of state hillary clinton visits beijing. >> high winds blew over a beer tent. one person was killed and five others critically injured. at the white house correspondents dinner in washington last night, late...